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Jewish Theological Seminary

Rabbi Moshe Chaim Luzzatto, also known as the Ramchal, is depicted in a wall painting in Acre, Israel. (Yuval Y/Wikimedia Commons)
February 19, 2026, 10:33 am
Letter by famed Jewish mystic sells for nearly $400,000 at auction
Ramchal manuscript was quietly sold by Jewish Theological Seminary during financial crisis; scholar decries transfer of text to private owner as a ‘scandal’
By Asaf Elia-Shalev
Chancellor Shuly Rubin Schwartz speaks at the institution's 131st commencement ceremony, May 22, 2025. (Ellen Rubin Photography via JTA)
June 19, 2025, 4:24 pm
Conservative flagship’s 1st woman chancellor, Shuly Rubin Schwartz, to step down in 2026
The outgoing head of the Jewish Theological Seminary since 2020 says she never intended a ‘lengthy tenure’ and will return to the faculty, where she has been serving since 1991
By Andrew Silow-Carroll
The Jewish Theological Seminary in New York City, photographed on October 17, 1934, is superimposed with an image of a page from a manuscript of a Tiberias rabbi who traveled to Europe on a fundraising mission in 1807. (MCNY/Gottscho-Schleisner/Getty Images/ via JTA)
August 5, 2021, 5:19 am
A NY Jewish library’s treasure surfaces at online auction. How did it get there?
The Jewish Theological Seminary’s quiet sale of a 200-year-old travelogue from the Holy Land raises questions about what responsibilities private libraries have to the wider public
By Asaf Shalev
Shuly Rubin Schwartz in New York. (Ellen Dubin Photography via AP)
June 2, 2020, 5:32 am
Prominent US Jewish seminary names 1st woman leader in its 134-year history
Jewish Theological Seminary, the preeminent higher learning institution for Conservative Judaism in US, announces appointment of Shuly Rubin Schwartz as new chancellor
By David Crary
Rabbi Daniel Nevins donating blood plasma at Mount Sinai Hospital in New York, March 27, 2020. (Courtesy/Daniel Nevins via JTA)
March 28, 2020, 2:09 am
NY rabbi who survived COVID-19 donates blood plasma to treatment research
Rabbinical school dean Daniel Nevins, who had mild symptoms of disease, volunteers with program examining role of antibodies in potential coronavirus medicine
By Ben Harris
Don Was attends the 56th Grammy Awards at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, January 26, 2014. (Christopher Polk/Getty Images, via JTA)
December 8, 2018, 12:23 pm
Blue Note head produces synagogue band’s surprisingly good album
Don Was produced the Rolling Stones, Bob Dylan and John Mayer. Now he’s adding a rabbi’s music to his resume
By Gabe Friedman
Illustration of a wedding ring (photo credit: Shay Levy/Flash90)
October 18, 2017, 11:13 pm
The Conservative movement can, and should, welcome the intermarried
We invite non-Jewish partners who seeks rabbinic officiation to link their destiny with the Jewish people through conversion
By Bradley Shavit Artson, Arnold M. Eisen, Julie Schonfeld and Steven C. Wernick
Daniel Stein
June 15, 2017, 4:08 pm
Daniel Stein
Time for new ideas on intermarriage
As a Conservative rabbi, his adherence to a policy against performing interfaith marriage has caused only pain
Stephen Bannon watches as Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump addresses the final rally of his 2016 presidential campaign at Devos Place in Grand Rapids, Michigan on November 7, 2016. (AFP/Mandel Ngan)
November 19, 2016, 1:23 am
Conservative movement demands Trump rescind Bannon appointment
Second largest denomination of American Jews ‘compelled not to remain silent in the face of hate or the vilification of any group’
By Eric Cortellessa
Rabbi Max Ticktin, a leader of the Hillel movement (YouTube screenshot)
July 6, 2016, 12:24 am
Rabbi Max Ticktin, leader in Hillel movement, dies aged 94
Judaics scholar and ex-Haganah fighter had urged Israel to make peace with PLO two decades before Oslo Accords
By JTA
Illustrative photo of Birthright participants visiting Masada, summer 2012. (Taglit-Birthright/JTA)
April 19, 2013, 3:34 am
The flip side of Birthright Israel
Drastic decline in travel to Israel among US Jewish high-schoolers, in part because they can come for free when they turn 18
By Gil Shefler
Rabbi Asher Lopatin, right, the incoming president of the Modern Orthodox Yeshivat Chovevei Torah, confers with Rabbi Yehoshua Eichenstein, the Zidichiver rebbe, at Chicago's Siyum HaShas celebration. (photo credit: Fred Eckhouse Photography/JTA)
September 9, 2012, 8:11 pm
How much will new rabbinical school leader shake up the Orthodox world?
With an emphasis on ‘open Orthodoxy,’ Rabbi Asher Lopatin — soon to take over the liberal-leaning Yeshivat Chovevei Torah — is stirring up both interest and opposition
By Uriel Heilman
August 7, 2012, 10:55 am
Religious groups urge understanding following Wisconsin shooting
Shoulder to Shoulder encourages Americans to join special services with their local Sikh communities
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